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Brinc

Skydio, BRINC and a Robot Dog Join Louisiana Patrols

The West Baton Rouge Sheriff's Office is adding four Skydio X10 drones and a four-legged Boston Dynamics

Rafael SuárezMay 28

Amazon

Amazon Wants Idaho Sky Next: Nampa Vote May 26

Amazon Prime Air has filed for a conditional use permit in Nampa, Idaho, asking the city to approve a 21,000-square-foot drone delivery center at its existing fulfillment site on East Franklin Road. The Nampa Planning and Zoning Commission is scheduled to vote on the application on May 26, 2026. If approved, MK30 drones would serve…

Rafael SuárezMay 23

Amazon

Amazon Prime Air Picks Baton Rouge For Summer MK30 Drone Delivery Launch

Amazon will launch Prime Air drone delivery in Baton Rouge, Louisiana this summer, putting between 12 and 20 MK30 drones into operation from a new facility near the company’s Cortana fulfillment warehouse. The service will deliver packages weighing up to five pounds (2.3 kg) to customers within a 7.5-mile (12.1 km) radius, with Prime members…

Haye KestelooMay 19

Anduril

The Army Picked Atlas Over Better Drones. Here’s Why

The 101st Airborne Division became the first division to train with the Aevex Atlas at the Joint Readiness Training Center in Louisiana, as Clarksville Now reported. That’s a significant moment, but the real story isn’t about being first. It’s about what the Army chose when it had options, and what it’s learning about how to…

Rafael SuárezApr 26

US Army

101st Airborne launches Aerosonde drone at JRTC

Soldiers from the 101st Airborne Division launched a Textron Systems Aerosonde unmanned aircraft system during a Joint Readiness Training Center rotation at Fort Polk, Louisiana on April 9, 2026, as DVIDS reported. The deployment puts one of the Army’s leading tactical drone candidates into a realistic combat training environment alongside the service’s most storied light…

Rafael SuárezApr 16

Overhead black-and-white view of a DJI Phantom quadcopter surrounded by folding DJI Mavic drones and other multirotors arranged on a white surface

DJI

NSU Trains Fort Polk Soldiers on Drone Operations

Northwestern State University’s ARGO Lab just ran its first drone training program for soldiers at Fort Polk, Louisiana. The two-day course took troops from the 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division through the fundamentals of UAS operations, flight planning, sensor work, and field maintenance, as reported by National Today. What the Training Covered JD…

Rafael SuárezApr 11

Skydio

Mystery Drones Over Barksdale AFB: What We Actually Know

Here’s what we know for certain: someone flew drones over one of America’s most sensitive military installations, and the Air Force still doesn’t know who. What we don’t know yet will shape the conversation around airspace security, operator intent, and what this means for other bases nationwide, as reported by Newsweek. Lawmakers in Louisiana are…

Rafael SuárezApr 6

White House

Barksdale Air Force Base Hit by Coordinated Drone Swarm at America’s Nuclear Bomber Hub

A leaked military briefing reveals waves of 12–15 custom-built drones probed Barksdale Air Force Base for a week, jamming-resistant and deliberately evasion-aware.

Haye KestelooMar 20

Louisiana

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